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World Muslim population by percentage

A map of Muslim populations by numbers, (Pew Research Center, 2009).

Adherents of Islam constitute the world's second largest religious group. According to a study in 2015, Islam has 1.8 billion adherents, making up about 24% of the world population.^[1] Most Muslims are either of two denominations: Sunni (80-90%, roughly 1.5 billion people)^[2] or Shia (10–20%, roughly 170-340 million people).^[3] Islam is the dominant religion in the Central Asia, Indonesia, Middle East, South Asia, North Africa, the Sahel^[4][5][6][7] and some other parts of Asia.^[8] The diverse Asia-Pacific region contains the highest number of Muslims in the world, easily surpassing the Middle East and North Africa.^[9]

About 31% of all Muslims are of South Asian origin, therefore South Asia contains the largest population of Muslims in the world.^[10][11][12] Within this region, however, Muslims are second in numbers to Hindus, as Muslims are a majority in Pakistan and Bangladesh, but not India.

The various Hamito-Semitic (including Arab, Berber), Turkic, and Iranic countries of the greater Middle East-North Africa (MENA) region,^[13] where Islam is the dominant religion in all countries other than Israel,^[5] hosts 23% of world Muslims.

The country with the single largest population of Muslims is Indonesia in Southeast Asia, which on its own hosts 13% of the world's Muslims.^[14] Together, the Muslims in the countries of Southeast Asia constitute the world's third largest population of Muslims. In the countries of the Malay Archipelago Muslims are majorities in each country other than Singapore, the Philippines, and East Timor.

About 15% of Muslims reside in Sub-Saharan Africa,^[15][6][16] and sizeable Muslim communities are also found in the Americas, the Caucasus, China, Europe, the Philippinesand Russia.^[4]

Western Europe hosts large Muslim immigrant communities where Islam is the second largest religion after Christianity, where it represents 6% of the total population or 24 million people.^[17] Converts and immigrant communities are found in almost every part of the world.

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• 1Denominations
• 2Countries
  • 2.1Table
  • 2.2By continent
• 3See also
• 4References
• 5Further reading
• 6External links

Denominations[edit]

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
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Main articles: Islamic denominations and History of Islam

Historically, Islam was divided into two major religious denominations: Sunni and Shi'a. Of the total Muslim population, 87-90% are Sunni and 10-13% are Shi'a. Most Shi'as (between 68% and 80%) live in mainly four countries: Iran, Azerbaijan, Bahrain and Iraq.^[18] Today, many of the Shia sects are extinct. The major surviving Imamah-Muslim Sects are Usulism (with nearly more than 10%), Nizari Ismailism (with nearly more than 1%) and Alevism(with slightly more than 0.5%^[19] but less than 1%^[20]). The other existing groups include Zaydi Shi'a of Yemen whose population is nearly more than 0.5% of the world's Muslim population, Musta’li Ismaili (with nearly 0.1%^[21] whose Taiyabi adherents reside in Sindh and Gujarat in South Asia. There are also significant diaspora populations in Europe, North America, the Far East and East Africa^[22]), and Ibadis from the Kharijites whose population has diminished to a level below 0.15%. On the other hand, new Muslim sects like the Nation of Islam, Ahmadi Muslims^[23] (with nearly around 1%^[24]), non-denominational Muslims, Quranist Muslims and Wahhabis (with nearly around 1-2%^[25] of the world's total Muslim population) were later independently developed.

According to the Pew Research Center in 2010, there were 50 Muslim-majority countries.^[26][27] Around 62% of the world's Muslims live in the Asia-Pacific region (from Turkey to Indonesia), with over 1 billion adherents.^[28] The largest Muslim population in a country is in Indonesia, a nation home to 12.7% of the world's Muslims, followed by Pakistan (11.0%), and India (10.9%).^[4][29] About 20% of Muslims live in Arab countries.^[30] In the Middle East, the non-Arab countries of Iranand Turkey are the largest Muslim-majority countries; in Africa, Egypt and Nigeria have the most populous Muslim communities.^[4][29] The study found more Muslims in the United Kingdom than in Lebanon and more in China than in Syria.^[4]

Countries[edit]

Most of the percentages of Muslim populations of each country, if not stated otherwise, were taken from the study by the Pew Research Center report of The Future of the Global Muslim Population, as of 27 January 2011.^[4][31] Other studies show variance with Pew figures. The percentage of Muslims in Egypt is given as 93.7%. However, the figure for Christians in Egypt is usually estimated at 12-15%, but in truth nobody knows since there has been no religious census. Likewise the percentage of Christians in Jordan is usually estimated to be 6-7%.

Table[edit]

Country/Region	Muslims	Muslim percentage (%) of total population	Percentage (%) of World Muslim population
Afghanistan	29,047,100	99.8	1.8
Albania	1,646,128	58.79[32]	0.1
Algeria	40,400,000	98.2[4]–99[33]	2.7
American Samoa	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Andorra	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Angola	90,000	1.0	< 0.1
Anguilla	< 1,000	0.3	< 0.1
Antigua and Barbuda	< 1,000	0.6	< 0.1
Argentina	784,000	2.5	< 0.1
Armenia	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Aruba	< 1,000	0.4	< 0.1
Australia	604,000[34]	2.6	< 0.1
Austria	700,000[35]	8[35]	< 0.1
Azerbaijan	9,872,765	96.9	0.5
Bahamas	< 1,000	0.1	< 0.1
Bahrain	866,888[36]	70.2[36]	< 0.1
Bangladesh	148,607,000[37]	90.4	9.2
Barbados	2,000	0.9	< 0.1
Belarus	19,000	0.2	< 0.1
Belgium	658,463	5.9[38]	< 0.1
Belize	< 1,000	0.1	< 0.1
Benin	2,710,000	24.5	0.1
Bermuda	< 1,000	0.8	< 0.1
Bhutan	≤ 2,000[39]	0.2[39]	< 0.1
Bolivia	2,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Bosnia-Herzegovina	1,790,454	50.7[40]	0.1
Botswana	8,000	0.4	< 0.1
Brazil	204,000	0.1	< 0.1
British Virgin Islands	< 1,000	1.2	< 0.1
Brunei	295,000	67[41]	< 0.1
Bulgaria	577,000[42]	7.8	< 0.1
Burkina Faso	11,270,000	60.5[43]	0.6
Burma (Myanmar)	2,237,495	2.3[44]	0.1
Burundi	277,480	2.5[45]	< 0.1
Cambodia	303,187[46]	1.9[46]	< 0.1
Cameroon	4,940,000	20.9[47]	0.2
Canada	1,053,945[48]	3.2[48][49]	0.1
Cape Verde	10,000	2[33]	< 0.1
Cayman Islands	< 1,000	0.2	< 0.1
Central African Republic	403,000	15[50][51]	< 0.1
Chad	7,827,653	58[33]	0.4
Chile	2,894[52]	0.03 (over 15+ pop.)[52]	< 0.1
China	22,000,000[53]-50,000,000[54]	1.8	1.4
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	< 1,000[55]	80[55]	< 0.1
Colombia	40,000 to 80,000[56]	0.2	< 0.1
The Comoros	785,000	98.3	< 0.1
Congo	3,648,267	5[33]	0.1
Cook Islands	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Costa Rica	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Côte d'Ivoire	7,960,000	40[57][58][59]	0.5
Croatia	60,000	1.4[38]	< 0.1
Cuba	10,000	0.1	< 0.1
Cyprus	273,000	22.7	< 0.1
Czech Republic	10,500	0.1	< 0.1
Denmark	230,000	4.1[38]	< 0.1
Djibouti	853,000	97.0	0.1
Dominica	< 1,000	0.2	< 0.1
Dominican Republic	2,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Ecuador	145	< 0.1	< 0.1
Egypt	73,800,000	90[60]	4.9
El Salvador	2,000	<0.1	<0.1
Equatorial Guinea	28,000	4.1	< 0.1
Eritrea	1,909,000	36.6[61]-48[62]/50	0.1
Estonia	1,508	<0.1	< 0.1
Ethiopia	25,037,646[63]	34	1.8
Faroe Islands	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Falkland Islands	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Federated States of Micronesia	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Fiji	54,000	6.3	<0.1
Finland	60,000-150,000	2.7[64]	<0.1
France	5,020,000	7.5[38]	0.3
French Guiana	2,000	0.9	<0.1
French Polynesia	< 1,000	< 0.1	<0.1
Gabon	145,000	9.7	<0.1
Gambia	1,669,000	95.3	0.1
Georgia	442,000	10.5	<0.1
Germany	3,551,802-4,700,000[65][64]	4.4-5.8	0.2
Ghana	4,914,000	18[33]	0.2
Gibraltar	1,000	4.0	<0.1
Greece	610,000	5.3[38]	<0.1
Greenland	< 1,000	<0.1	<0.1
Grenada	< 1,000	0.3	<0.1
Guadeloupe	2,000	0.4	<0.1
Guam	< 1,000	<0.1	<0.1
Guatemala	1,000	<0.1	<0.1
Guinea	8,693,000	84.2	0.5
Guinea Bissau	705,000	45[66]	<0.1
Guyana	55,000	7.2	<0.1
Haiti	2,000	<0.1	<0.1
Honduras	11,000	0.1	<0.1
Hong Kong	220,000[67]	3.1	<0.1
Hungary	5,579[68]	0.3	<0.1
Iceland	770[69]	0.2[69]	<0.1
India	189,000,000[70]	14.2[71]	10.9
Indonesia	227,000,000[72]	87.2[73]	12.7
Iran	80,750,000[74]	99.7	4.6
Iraq	31,108,000	99	1.9
Ireland	70,158	1.3[75]	<0.1
Isle of Man	< 1,000	0.2	<0.1
Israel	1,287,000	17.7	0.1
Italy	1,400,000	2.3[76]	0.1
Jamaica	1,000	<0.1	<0.1
Japan	185,000	0.1	<0.1
Jordan	6,397,000	93.8	0.4
Kazakhstan	11,200,000	70.2 (official census)[77]	0.5
Kenya	2,868,000	10[78]	0.2
Kiribati	< 1,000	<0.1	<0.1
Kosovo	1,584,000[79]	95.6	0.1
Kuwait	2,636,000	74.1[80]	0.2
Kyrgyzstan	4,927,000	88.8	0.3
Laos	1,000	<0.1	<0.1
Latvia	2,000	0.1	<0.1
Lebanon	2,542,000	59.7	0.2
Lesotho	1,000	<0.1	<0.1
Liberia	523,000	12.8	<0.1
Libya	6,325,000	96.6	0.4
Liechtenstein	2,000	4.8	<0.1
Lithuania	3,000	0.1	<0.1
Luxembourg	11,000	2.3	<0.1
Macau	< 1,000	<0.1	<0.1
Macedonia	500,000	33.3[81]	<0.1
Madagascar	220,000	7[82]	<0.1
Malawi	2,011,000	12.8	0.1
Malaysia	19,500,000	61.4	1.1
Maldives	309,000	100	<0.1
Mali	15,667,704	95[33]	0.8
Malta	1,000	0.2	<0.1
Marshall Islands	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Martinique	< 1,000	0.2	< 0.1
Mauritania	4,171,633	100[83]	0.2
Mauritius	230,118	17.3[84]	< 0.1
Mayotte	197,000	98.8	< 0.1
Mexico	3,700[85] - 111,000[4]	0.1	< 0.1
Moldova	15,000	0.4	< 0.1
Monaco	< 1,000	0.5	< 0.1
Mongolia	200,000	6	< 0.1
Montenegro	118,477[86]	19.11[86]	< 0.1
Montserrat	< 1,000	0.1	< 0.1
Morocco	32,381,000	99[87]	2.0
Mozambique	5,340,000	22.8	0.3
Namibia	9,000	0.4	< 0.1
Nauru	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Nepal	1,253,000	4.2	0.1
Netherlands	825,000/1,000,000	5[88] - 6[38]	0.1
Netherlands Antilles	< 1,000	0.2	< 0.1
New Caledonia	7,000	2.8	< 0.1
New Zealand	41,000	0.9	< 0.1
Nicaragua	1,000	<0.1	< 0.1
Niger	19,502,214	98.3[89]	1.0
Nigeria	93,839,000	41[89]-50[90]	4.7
Niue	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
North Korea	3,000	0.1	< 0.1
Northern Mariana Islands	< 1,000	0.7	< 0.1
Norway	100,000-185,000[91]	2-4[91](2016 Dec.)	< 0.1
Oman	2,427,000	85.9[92]	0.2
Pakistan	204,194,370[93]	96.4	11.0
Palau	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Palestinian Territories	4,298,000	97.5	0.3
Panama	25,000	0.7	< 0.1
Papua New Guinea	2,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Paraguay	1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Peru	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Philippines	5,000,000-10,700,000[94]	5-11	0.3-0.6
Poland	35,000[95]	0.1	< 0.1
Portugal	65,000	0.6	< 0.1
Puerto Rico	1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Qatar	1,168,000	77.5	0.1
Republic of Congo	77,736	1.6	< 0.1
Reunion	35,000	4.2	< 0.1
Romania	73,000	0.3	< 0.1
Russia	9,400,000[96] - 20,000,000[97]	11(6.5[96] - 15[97][98])	1.0
Rwanda	589,429	4.8[99]	< 0.1
St. Helena	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
St. Kitts and Nevis	< 1,000	0.3	< 0.1
St. Lucia	< 1,000	0.1	< 0.1
St. Pierre and Miquelon	< 1,000	0.2	< 0.1
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	2,000	1.7	< 0.1
Samoa	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
San Marino	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
São Tomé and Príncipe	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Saudi Arabia	31,878,000	97.1	1.6
Senegal	14,584,931	95.9	0.8
Serbia	221,460	3.1[100]	< 0.1
Seychelles	< 1,000	1.1	< 0.1
Sierra Leone	4,171,000	71.5	0.3
Singapore	721,000	14.7[101]	< 0.1
Slovakia	10,866	0.2[38]	< 0.1
Slovenia	73,568	3.6[38]	< 0.1
Solomon Islands	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Somalia	9,231,000	98.9[102][103][104][105]	0.6
South Africa	654,064[106]	1.5	< 0.1
South Korea	35,000	0.1	< 0.1
South Sudan	610,000	6.2	<0.1
Spain	1,887,906	4.1[107]	0.1
Sri Lanka	1,967,227[108]	9.71[108]	0.1
Sudan	39,027,950	97.0[109]	1.9
Suriname	84,000	19.6[110]	< 0.1
Swaziland	129,230	10[111]	< 0.1
Sweden	800,000[112]	8.1[112]	< 0.1
Switzerland	400,000[113]	5[113]	< 0.1
Syria	17,376,000	82.9[114]	1.0
Taiwan	60,000[115]	0.3[116]	< 0.1
Tajikistan	6,506,000	96.7[117][118]	0.4
Tanzania	19,426,814	35[119]	0.8
Thailand	3,952,000	5.8	0.2
Timor-Leste	1,000	0.1	< 0.1
Togo	827,000	20[120]	0.1
Tokelau	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Tonga	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Trinidad and Tobago	78,000	5.8	< 0.1
Tunisia	11,190,000	99.8	0.6
Turkey	74,660,000	98.6	4.6
Turkmenistan	4,830,000	93.3	0.3
Turks and Caicos Islands	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Tuvalu	< 1,000	0.1	< 0.1
Uganda	5,030,000	12.0	0.3
Ukraine	393,000[121]	0.9	< 0.1
United Arab Emirates	3,262,000	67[122]	0.2
United Kingdom	3,106,368	4.8[38]	0.2
United States	2,595,000	0.8[123]-0.9[124]	0.2
U.S. Virgin Islands	< 1,000	0.1	< 0.1
Uruguay	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Uzbekistan	26,833,000	96.5	1.7
Vanuatu	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Vatican City	0	0	0
Venezuela	95,000	0.3	< 0.1
Vietnam	71,200[125]	0.2	< 0.1
Wallis and Futuna	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Western Sahara	528,000	99.6	< 0.1
Yemen	24,023,000	99.0	1.5
Zambia	140,000	1[33]	< 0.1
Zimbabwe	488,656	3[33]	< 0.1

By continent[edit]

Region	Muslims	Muslim percentage (%) of total population	Percentage (%) of World Muslim population
Asia	1,200,000,000	24.3	65
Central Asia	54,000,000[126]	81[127]	3.0
South Asia	600,000,000[128][129]	31.4[130][131]	30.6[132][133]
Southeast-East Asia	257,000,000[134][126]	12.0	15.0
Middle East-North Africa	315,322,000[13]	91.2	22.9
Africa	550,000,000	47
Sub-Saharan Africa	242,544,000	29.6	15.0
North America	3,500,000	1.0[135]
South America	791,000	0.13
Europe	44,138,000	6.0	2.7
Oceania	650,000	1.5
World	1,800,000,000[1]	24.1	100.0

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